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    The surname Alamo

    A surname, carried by 3,448 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A450

    Alamo: #9,433 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Alamo #9,433, 3,448 people Alamo: #9,433 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Alamo #9,433, 3,448 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alamo is more common than 94.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,448 people named Alamo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,636.

    #9,433
    rank among US surnames
    3,448
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,060)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,426Trieu3,45189,466
    #9,427Bulger3,45089,491
    #9,431Geter3,44989,517
    #9,433Bork3,44889,543
    #9,437Bethune3,44789,569
    #9,440Wehner3,44689,595

    Who is named Alamo

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    81% of people named Alamo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Alamo

    Alamo has the Soundex code A450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Alamo?
    3,448 people in the United States had the surname Alamo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,543 Americans. It ranked 9,433rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Alamo?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Alamo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Alamo getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,448 in 2010, up 31%.